The Political Graveyard: Cabell County, W.Va.

Cabell County
West Virginia

Cabell County information:

Population: 96,784 (2000); 96,827 (1990)
Land area 282 square miles.
County seat: Huntington
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The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Cabell County
Politicians who were born in Cabell County
Politicians who lived in Cabell County
Politicians who died in Cabell County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cabell County

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Selected officials of Cabell County

(not intended to be complete)

John Osborn Laidley (Prosecuting Attorney) George S. Wallace (Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08) P. C. Buffington (Sheriff, 1913-16) Harvey C. Taylor (Sheriff, 1925) Harold Frankel (Sheriff and Treasurer, 1961-64)

Barboursville Cemetery
Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Alvin Davis (1834-1906) — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born December 31, 1834. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1893. Died January 24, 1906. Interment at Barboursville Cemetery.

Oaklawn Memorial Park
Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

William Nathan Clay (b. 1865) — also known as William N. Clay — of Barboursville, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Wayne County, W.Va., April 3, 1865. Farmer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1917-18. Interment at Oaklawn Memorial Park.

Thornburg Burial Place
Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

John W. Thornburg (1834-1888) — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.), November 7, 1834. Half-first cousin by marriage of Patrick H. McCullough. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1875. Member, Freemasons. Died February 3, 1888. Interment at Thornburg Burial Place.
Henry Jefferson Samuels (1825-1898) — also known as Henry J. Samuels — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born July 12, 1825. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1889-91. Died in Barboursville, Cabell County, W.Va., June 27, 1898. Interment at Thornburg Burial Place.

Unknown Location
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia

Spring Hill Cemetery
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Elliott Northcott (1869-1946) — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 26, 1869. Son of Robert Saunders Northcott (Civil War general) and Mary (Cunningham) Northcott; married, September 1, 1893, to Lola Beardsley. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, 1900-08; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1904-08; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1905-09, 1922-27; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1909-10; Nicaragua, 1911; Venezuela, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1927-39. Died, of pneumonia, in a hospital at Arcadia, DeSoto County, Fla., January 3, 1946. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
James Anthony Hughes (1861-1930) — also known as J. A. Hughes — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Corunna, Ontario, February 27, 1861. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1895-98; U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1901-15, 1927-30 (4th District 1901-03, 5th District 1903-15, 4th District 1927-30); died in office 1930. Died in a sanitarium at Marion, Marion County, Ohio, March 2, 1930. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- Cross-reference: James P. Glynn
- See also: congressional biography.
Albert Gallatin Jenkins (1830-1864) — of Virginia. Born in Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.), November 10, 1830. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1857-61; Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Mortally wounded in the Battle of Cloyds Mountain, and died near Dublin, Pulaski County, Va., May 21, 1864. Original interment at New Dublin Presbyterian Cemetery, Dublin, Va.; reinterment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Elmer Neal (1875-1959) — also known as Will E. Neal — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born near Proctorville, Lawrence County, Ohio, October 14, 1875. Republican. Physician; mayor of Huntington, W.Va., 1925-28; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1951-52; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1953-55, 1957-59; defeated, 1954, 1958. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Kiwanis. Died in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., November 12, 1959. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Brooks Hoard (1805-1886) — also known as Charles B. Hoard — of Antwerp, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., June 5, 1805. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1838; Jefferson County Clerk, 1844-46; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1857-61. Died in Ceredo, Wayne County, W.Va., November 20, 1886. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Eustace Gibson (1842-1900) — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Culpeper County, Va., October 4, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1877; Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1880; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1883-87. Died in Clifton Forge, Va., December 10, 1900. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph S. Miller (1848-1922) — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Barboursville, Cabell County, W.Va., August 17, 1848. Democrat. West Virginia state auditor, 1877-85. Died in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., February 22, 1922. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Frederick George Louis Beuhring (1791-1859) — also known as Frederick G. L. Beuhring; F. G. L. Beuhring; Frederik Georg Ludwig Bürhing — of Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in Scharmbeck, Germany, March 31, 1791. Great-grandfather of Raymond Lee Beuhring. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1822-23, 1829-30, 1835-36, 1844. Lutheran. German ancestry. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.), June 27, 1859. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Patrick H. McCullough (1816-1892) — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Washington County, Pa., July 12, 1816. Half-first cousin by marriage of John W. Thornburg. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1883. Died in Cabell County, W.Va., May 30, 1892. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Henry Clay Simms (1846-1906) — also known as Henry C. Simms — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Kanawha County, Va. (part now in Putnam County, W.Va.), June 10, 1846. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1876. Died in Cabell County, W.Va., December 6, 1906. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Thomas Hope Harvey (1844-1929) — also known as Thomas H. Harvey — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born May 24, 1844. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1881. Died May 7, 1929. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
Raymond Lee Beuhring (1891-1970) — also known as R. Lee Beuhring — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born August 1, 1891. Great-grandson of Frederick George Louis Beuhring. Republican. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1929; defeated, 1950. Died December 30, 1970. Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.

Woodmere Memorial Park
(formerly Woodmere Cemetery)
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) — also known as Henry D. Hatfield — of Eckman, McDowell County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Sydney, Logan County, W.Va., September 15, 1875. Son of Elias Hatfield and Elizabeth (Chafin) Hatfield; married, March 27, 1895, to Miss S. C. Bronson. Republican. Physician; member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1909-12; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1911; Governor of West Virginia, 1913-17; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916, 1932, 1944, 1948, 1952; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West Virginia Republican State Central Committee, 1920-24; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1929-35; defeated, 1934; chair of Cabell County Republican Party, 1942. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks; American Medical Association. Died in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., October 23, 1962. Interment at Woodmere Memorial Park.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Hubert Summers Ellis (1887-1959) — also known as Hubert S. Ellis — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Hurricane, Putnam County, W.Va., July 6, 1887. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1948, 1950. Died in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., December 3, 1959. Interment at Woodmere Memorial Park.
- See also: congressional biography.
John L. Conner (d. 1963) — of Cabell County, W.Va. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1917; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1920. Died in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 28, 1963. Interment at Woodmere Memorial Park.
Don Chafin — of Logan, Logan County, W.Va. Cousin of Jack Dempsey (1895-1983; boxing champion). Democrat. Worked as bodyguard for his cousin, a professional boxer; Logan County Sheriff; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924, 1928. Interment at Woodmere Memorial Park.

Milton Cemetery
Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Joel Leslie Blackwood (1861-1947) — also known as J. Leslie Blackwood — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born June 4, 1861. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1915. Died April 29, 1947. Interment at Milton Cemetery.

Mud River Baptist Church Graveyard
Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia

Politicians buried here:

Samuel A. Childers — of Cabell County, W.Va. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1864. Interment at Mud River Baptist Church Graveyard.

Rece Family Cemetery
Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Sylvester J. Kane (1852-1919) — of Milton, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Pennsylvania, 1852. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1911. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1919. Interment at Rece Family Cemetery.

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Selected officials of Cabell County

Politicians who were born in Cabell County

Politicians who lived in Cabell County

Politicians who died in Cabell County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cabell County